Linked by Adam S on Tue 13th Dec 2005 23:43 UTC
We are very excited to share our first podcast (this one's a bit of an experiment). We are hoping to make podcasts a semi-regular feature on OSNews. In this episode, we discuss "bloat" and the way the term is used today. OSNews, episode 1 can be downloaded as an MP3 (4.37 MB) or an Vorbis (3.85 MB) file. Update: For those who claim it's not a podcast until it's published via RSS, we're now publishing a valid RSS 2.0 feed that can includes the podcasts. Update 2: Different filename for podcast RSS feed.
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2005-06-29
I'd never listened to a podcast before, and I never realized that it was supposed to be RSS. I just clicked on the MP3 link and listened to it.
I agree with most here that bloat occurs when features exist that are hardly ever used, wanted features exist but are difficult to use, and/or coding efficiency. I thought that it was a good opinion article.
That being said, I think the article would have been better as a text article. Sure, the podcast sounds like an awesome idea and I liked hearing the voice of someone whose articles I read from time to time. But save podcasting for interviews or round table discussions instead of "regular" opinion pieces.